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PUBLIC HEALTH, POLICY, AND PRACTICE

KINES 651
Course Description

Addresses the intersection of athletic training and public health by exploring population-based approaches to injury prevention and challenges students to explore how population-level problems impact individual health. Introduces and explores specific policies (e.g. concussion, athletic pre-participation, catastrophic injury) that impact the provision of effective patient-centered care and introduces skills required for management of these conditions.

Prerequisites

Declared Athletic Training MS

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

Not Reported

Offered

Not Reported

Grade Point Average
3.77

-2.31% from Historical

Completion Rate
100%

No change from Historical

A Rate
61.54%

-20.45% from Historical

Class Size
13

-1.89% from Historical

Cumulative Grade Distribution

Instructors (2026 Summr)

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